Have you ever had a subject or location that you’ve tried to shoot but never got quite what you wanted? Well this spot has been my white whale for the better part of the last year. I’ve made the 90 minute drive to Stoney Creek at least five times in the last six months trying to get a shot of these falls that I liked. Either the wind was roaring, the water flow was too weak or it started to rain…it was always something....

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I have no idea what the falls along Big Tumbling are named or if they ever have been named but this one sounded appropriate! All of them can be really beautiful but you have to be willing to get muddy and wet to shoot them. The river has cut a deep ravine into the mountain over the millennia and it is a long, steep climb from the narrow gravel road down to the water. The river is a favorite among local fisherman so there are many worn paths...

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Texture overlays and cross processing are elements that I don’t often use when working on images. One of my personal goals this year is to become a bit knowledgeable about these processes and learn when and how to use them best. I haven’t spent much time working on those goals and this is probably one of my first postings using either of these techniques. I’ve traveled to the Big Tumbling section of the Clinch Mountain...

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I made today’s shot back in February and have looked back to it several times since trying to find a fitting way to process and present it. In the end, a black and white conversion seemed to be the best fit. It was already a very busy image and the addition of bright green moss covering the roots and the orange of the leaves made it all the more distracting. Converting it to black and white removed the additional distractions allowing the...

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One of the stops Zach, David and I made during our time on the North Carolina coast was a cemetery in historic Beaufort. This was a great location with lots of interesting markers to shoot. The close quarters gave me the perfect opportunity to try out my fisheye lens which I had only used for the first time earlier that morning. The title of this post comes from the text engraved across the top of the largest marker, it belonged to a boy of...

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